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ONLINE!!!

Which one is the safest /looking/ exchange?
Needs to be:
-in the western world
-funds insured
-backed by known investors
-traceable offices and staff
Doesn't need to be a trading platform, but should enable the average guy to safely buy/sell his BTC.

Could you recommend one that ticks these?
(Circle? Coinbase?)

Yes, i't back on the site.
DAN MOREHEAD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHAIRMAN, BITSTAMP

'Our temporary website didn’t feel quite like home - so we gave it a little refresh while we work on restoring full services.'

Sure; you are planing to have this page for a really long time; why not make it look nicer.

I am unable to reach them over the phone, their London 'office' is just an address.

According to their website Pantera CEO is no longer their chairman.

'We are fully rebuilding our systems from the ground up so that customers can use @Bitstamp with full confidence and trust.'

This is complete BS communication.

I have a massive sum with them, planing to visit them personally; if anyone can give me a hint where to go, let me know.

EDIT:

Pantera has placed this back on their site now, which I find quite reassuring.
It's even more reassuring than if they wouldn't have removed it at all.
The removal looks to me like cutting ties with negative publicity.

DAN MOREHEAD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHAIRMAN, BITSTAMP

in my interpretation the 'hack address' is actually a sweep address
or?

135k address sent 5k in December

https://blockchain.info/tx/9d25b5eaa65de602fe6a11ba9db83f3b1105899b12664f3302a5ccf1cff955d8

here
https://blockchain.info/address/1Drt3c8pSdrkyjuBiwVcSSixZwQtMZ3Tew

which sent this today to the 'hack address'
https://blockchain.info/tx/bd1182f6b676c13dfc0ab28097dc43eac43554006854ab785b20b4a6bb307b73

interesting...
or I got something wrong?

135k address sent 5k in December

https://blockchain.info/tx/9d25b5eaa65de602fe6a11ba9db83f3b1105899b12664f3302a5ccf1cff955d8

here
https://blockchain.info/address/1Drt3c8pSdrkyjuBiwVcSSixZwQtMZ3Tew

which sent this today to the 'hack address'
https://blockchain.info/tx/bd1182f6b676c13dfc0ab28097dc43eac43554006854ab785b20b4a6bb307b73

interesting...
or I got something wrong?

its from admin@bitcoin-trader.biz, if you are affected I assume you will receive it/have received it too

just received:

Dear Clients

Regrettably I have to announce the failure and closure of Bitcoin Trader.

While preparing for the final audit results, a task we were working on for weeks now, our bitcoin wallet has been hacked and emptied, just after exchanging our fiat holdings within the exchanges to bitcoin and transferring our entire holdings to our wallet, in order to proof our solvency.

It is a known fact that I personally opposed any proof of solvency, but agreed to conduct it for the sake of a few dozen small and medium investors.

The hacker contacted me shortly after he took advantage of our holdings and demanded a ransom in order to transfer the coins back. I have agreed to a 25% ransom of the entire sum, but haven’t heard back from him for several days now.

My aim was to create something based on trust, just as bitcoin itself is based on distributed trust. Unfortunately I must admit today, I have failed. All left to do now is to declare bankruptcy with the Panamanian authorities and to hand over all relevant files and information for further investigation.

Sincerely,
John Carley

 

huobi 1h double top, 1h macd cross

Called again, it's a real estate company 
They have never heard about bitcoin or btcpromo.net

I am feeling kind of lucky now, because if the guys would have processed the 2.49BTC, I would have sent some considerable amount.

(Why? Bad week => greed and stupidity...)

Called +30 231 027 2737 again; after some Greek recorded introduction (no clue what they are saying) I got connected to a woman.
-Hi, do you speak English?
-One moment please /transferring/
-Hello /other woman/
-Hi, do you speak English?
-Yes
-Are you operating the btcpromo.net website?
Hang up

30 mins after my last post

https://blockchain.info/tx/71bf434ddc2166e3745b2dcd47060d11aae79545debd28d1de62d661d375a037

https://blockchain.info/address/14fqhx9fwqnnhPvowJ6b33GnGD2Hu1zxP6

https://blockchain.info/address/1MKqYSENNJCGEKx3Mp9QvK583vnuEJxMCi

here are my coins sitting at the moment along with past and new victims'

"Hello,

It seems they have opened a VirWoX user account, funded it with bitcoin,
exchanged it to USD and sent your PayPal payment from there. Probably an
attempt to convince you to send them more.

But we have not received more bitcoin for this account. You have to contact
them.

Greetings,

VirWoX Support"

First transaction
https://blockchain.info/tx/7d1431fbb72bf3f3df3a4966c3a4d9328d1b4c2fc07eeb6f2c1e913321628c00

Processed at 23:08 15/05
Received 231.68USD from
Virtual World Services GmbH
paypal@virwox.com

Second (still pending) transaction
https://blockchain.info/tx/97083494c43406ffed29397c785448184370130a6d5e21a013c4f9dc9dc134f7

No reply from support@btcpromo.net, not answering +30 231 027 2737, no answer through facebook.

Contacted paypal@virwox.com and support@virwox.com, they say they are not associated with btcpromo.net and they are possibly a scam.
Asked them for further clarification, why they are involved with the transaction; waiting for their reply.

I have sent them 0.5BTC two days ago, which got processed, but with great delay.

Sent an other 2.49BTC 24 hours ago, nothing yet.
-No response to multiple support Emails
-No reply to facebook message
-Not answering the phone

The transaction:
https://blockchain.info/tx/97083494c43406ffed29397c785448184370130a6d5e21a013c4f9dc9dc134f7

I would suggest to STAY AWAY from btcpromo.net until they clarify my situation.

Hi, how did you reach these guys?
I have sent them 0.5BTC yesterday, which got processed, 2.49BTC 12 hours ago, nothing yet, no response to two Emails.

https://blockchain.info/tx/97083494c43406ffed29397c785448184370130a6d5e21a013c4f9dc9dc134f7